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"How Australian Howard Florey, working at the School of Pathology in Oxford at the outbreak of WWII, unlocked the secret of the unstable penicillium mould discovered in the 1920s by Alexander Fleming. Includes archival material and dramatic re-enactments."
"In 1940, as World War Two raged, Australian Howard Florey and team at Oxford University made the worlds first antibiotic...Penicillin was a lifesaver, but its discovery was a trial of penury, character assassination and spotlight snatching. Using dramatic re-enactments and Florey's own archive film, this documentary tells the true story behind the discovery."@en
"In the late 1920s, a Scot named Alexander Fleming chanced upon a mould called penicillium. He conducted a series of laboratory tests and discovered that the mould could kill bacteria. Although the mould seemed to have medical possibilities, Fleming was unable to isolate the active substance. Ten years later, at the outbreak of the Second World War, Howard Florey, an Australian working at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology in Oxford, found Fleming's article. This documentary is the unlikely and chaotic story of how an Australian created the greatest medicine in the world. It looks at how unlocking the secret of the unstable penicillium mould was like trying to herd butterflies and tracks the two strenuous years it took, with almost no money and only basic equipment, for the Oxford team to extract a thimble-full of powder. It also looks at what happened when word got out about penicillin's extraordinary curative powers, and how Alexander Fleming betrayed Florey. Finally in 1945, three men, Fleming, Florey and Chain, shared the Nobel Prize, and a measure of justice was achieved. However, the original spin had entered popular culture and almost every book since credits Fleming alone for the discovery of penicillin."@en
"In the late 1920s, a Scot named Alexander Fleming chanced upon a mould called penicillium. He conducted a series of laboratory tests and discovered that the mould could kill bacteria. Although the mould seemed to have medical possibilities, Fleming was unable to isolate the active substance. Ten years later, at the outbreak of the Second World War, Howard Florey, an Australian working at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology in Oxford, found Fleming's article. This documentary is the unlikely and chaotic story of how an Australian created the greatest medicine in the world. It looks at how unlocking the secret of the unstable penicillium mould was like trying to herd butterflies and tracks the two strenuous years it took, with almost no money and only basic equipment, for the Oxford team to extract a thimble-full of powder. It also looks at what happened when word got out about penicillin's extraordinary curative powers, and how Alexander Fleming betrayed Florey. Finally in 1945, three men, Fleming, Florey and Chain, shared the Nobel Prize, and a measure of justice was achieved. However, the original spin had entered popular culture and almost every book since credits Fleming alone for the discovery of penicillin."
"This docudrama tells of the discovery of penicillin. In 1928 Alexander Fleming made an interesting observation while he was looking at a pile of neglected petri dishes. The dishes had originally been been cultured with Staphylococcus bacteria (known to cause wounds to go septic) but the agar had gone mouldy and around the mould, something produced by the mould was inhibiting the growth of the bacteria. After further testing, Fleming was able to identify the inhibitory substance and name it penicillin."
"In the late 1920s, a Scot named Alexander Fleming chanced upon a mould called penicillium. He conducted a series of laboratory tests and discovered that the mould could kill bacteria. Although the mould seemed to have medical possibilities, Fleming was unable to isolate the active substance. Ten years later, at the outbreak of the Second World War, Howard Florey, an Australian working at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology in Oxford, found Fleming's article. This documentary is the unlikely and chaotic story of how an Australian (and his team) created the greatest medicine in the world. It looks at how unlocking the secret of the unstable penicillium mould was "like trying to herd butterflies" and tracks the two strenuous years it took, with almost no money and only basic equipment, for the Oxford team to extract a thimble-full of powder."@en
"(52 mins - Middle and Upper Secondary). Rated: PG Published: Australia : SBS Independent, 2006. Broadcast: SBS, 03/08/2006. Summary: In the late 1920s, a Scot named Alexander Fleming chanced upon a mould called penicillium. He conducted a series of laboratory tests and discovered that the mould could kill bacteria. Although the mould seemed to have medical possibilities, Fleming was unable to isolate the active substance. Ten years later, at the outbreak of the Second World War, Howard Florey, an Australian working at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology in Oxford, found Fleming's article. Penicillin : The Magic Bullet is the unlikely and chaotic story of how an Australian created the greatest medicine in the world. This documentary looks at how unlocking the secret of the unstable penicillium mould was "like trying to herd butterflies" and tracks the two strenuous years it took, with almost no money and only basic equipment, for the Oxford team to extract a thimble-full of powder. The film also looks at what happened when word got out about penicillin's extraordinary curative powers and how Alexander Fleming betrayed Florey. Finally, in 1945, three men shared the Nobel Prize - Fleming, Florey and Chain - and a measure of justice was achieved. However, the original spin had entered popular culture and almost every book since credits Fleming alone for the discovery of penicillin (From SBS program guide) An Arcimedia production with Film Finance Corporation Australia and Film Victoria."

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